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Archive for May, 2007
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Ganga Geese!
On April 3rd, at the conclusion of a yagya series, we sponsored a mass feeding on the steps of the Kedar Ghat in Varanasi. Feeding others is a proper part of every yagya although it is not always practical. But in this case we fed a lot of people in the evening and it seemed [...] -
The fire of knowledge
“As a blazing fire reduces the wood to ashes, O Arjuna, so does the fire of knowledge reduce all activity to ashes. There is nothing on earth which possesses such power to cleanse as wisdom. The perfect yogin finds this knowledge in himself by himself in due time.” -Krishna in the Bagavad Gita -
Awakening
“He who has found and awakened to the atman which has entered the otherwise impenetrable body, he is the maker of the universe, of all things. The world is his! The world itself is he! This we may know, indeed, while here on earth. If we do not know it, great is the destruction. But [...] -
Shoka – sorrow
“Only when men can wrap themselves with the sky as if it were a simple skin, only then will there be an end of sorrow without acknowledging God.” - Shvetasvatara Upanishad This quote comes from a chapter in “The Vedic Experience” by Raimundo Panikkar. In his commentary he says, “Evil, suffering, and sorrow have no [...] -
Kavir manisi
“When, to a Man who knows, all beings have become one with his own self, when furthermore he perceives this oneness, how then can sorrow or delusion touch him? He is radiant, encompassing all, incorporeal, devoid of scar or sinew, invulnerable, pure, unpierced by evil. He is seer, sage, imnipresent, self-existent. To everything he has [...] -
The pure water of understanding
“As water descending on mountain crags wastes it energies among the gullies, so he who views things as seperate Wastes his energies in their pursuit. But as pure water poured into pure becomes the selfsame – wholly pure, so too becomes the self of the silent sage, of the one who has understanding.” -Katha Upanishad -
Harmony
“Have your eating and drinking in common. I bind you together, Assemble for worship of the Divine, Like spokes around a hub. Of one mind and one purpose I make you, following one leader. Be like the gods, ever deathless! Never stop loving!” –Atharva Veda -
Agni – the sacrificial flames
Oh blazing splendor, purifying flame, joy of all hearts, with cheerful songs we venerate you, the cheerful one! –Rig Veda -
Food by the Ganges
Sometimes feeding people in general is a good form of yagya. It certainly seems that when one is hungry the only prayer one if capable of is “Please God give me something to eat!”. So we might as well help answer that prayer. -
The hidden atman
“Hidden in all beings, the atman does not shine forth, but he can be perceived by those subtle seers by means of their fine and subtle intelligence. As oil in sesame seed, as butter in cream, as water in hidden springs, as fire in fire sticks, so is the atman grasped in one’s own self [...]